Battery lifter



Sept. 8, 1931. w. F. LIDKE 1,322,102

BATTERY LIFTER Filed Sept. 24, 1930 Patented Sept. 8, 1931 [UNI D sTAfT ES wILLIAm'r. 1.11a or oMAKA, NEBRASKA, AssIcNoR, BY NE'sNE ASSIGNMENTS, or

oN'R RALR To THE ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERY COMPANY, or PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or NEw-JE sEr a'nam OFFICE.

BATTERY Application -filed September 24, 1830. 36111180.}48QO94.

This invention relates to a battery lifter and more particularly to a litter for batteries usedon motor vehicles which are provlded with a pair of upwardly tapered posts, these being electrically charged and in communication with the battery terminals.

Since it is generally necessary to remove electricbatteries from automobiles to permlt charging or repairs, and since they are not usually provided with handles, the lifter herein describedhas been found to be very convenient for their removal and replacement.'

Since the posts mentioned for electric batteries of various kinds of automobiles are not disposed at uniform distances from each other, it is an object of the present invention to provide a battery lifter which may be used enerally and of such construction that it wil operate automatically in gripping the parts to permit lifting regardless of the spacing apart of said posts, and will operate automatically for releasing the posts when replacing the batteries.

It is an object of the invention to provide a battery lifter which will consist of few and simple parts so that it may be manufactured conveniently and at a limited cost, and will be convenient and effective in use for removal from motor vehicles and replacement therein.-

. lVith the foregoing objects in view and others to be mentioned herein the invention presents a new and useful construction, combina-' tion and arrangement of parts as described herein and claimed and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that changes may be made in form, size, porportion and minor details, said changes being within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the upper part of an electric battery, the battery lifter being shown in engagement with the posts of the battery. Fig. 2 is a side view of the handle, broken away, the lifting arm being in a normal vertical positon. Fig. 3 is a. plan view of the device, the arms being extended. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the front side of a lifting-arm withfits clampingmember, in section, loosely mounted on a post.

Fig. 5-is a similar view'to that shown in Fig. 4, the clamping inember, in section, bein in gripped position on said post;

eferring now to the drawingsfor a more particular description, the invention is shown and described in connection with a pair of electrical posts 6 which project above the surface of the electric battery 7. In order that the objects as first mentioned maybe attained, I provide a battery lifter consisting of a handle 8 having end-portions 9 of convex form, and' provided, to project outwardly from said endportions centrally thereof with wrist-pins 10. Numerals 11 indicate a pair of lifting arms each provided at its free end with a flat foot-piece or gripping-member 12, each arm 11 having a comparatively large aperture 13 of elongated form for a mounting on a wrist-pin 1O. i

Each gripping-member or foot-piece 1 2 providedwith a circular aperture 14 of such proportions that it will fit loosely on either one'of the posts 6 when placed thereon. The

arms 11 are preferably of uniform length and proportion and it will be noted that each fiat clamping-member 12 is disposed inclinedly to: the longitudinal axis of the arm of which it is a part, the degree of said inclination being approximately forty-five degrees, or

While electric batteries used u on the several kinds of automobiles manuf not uniform in size and form, the posts similar to the posts 6 shown in the drawing are used, and since the distance between the posts is not uniform it will be seen that the conv str'uction now shown operates to advantage in grippin the posts found upon the various kinds of e ectric batteries now used.

On account of the construction as described it may be said that the device is flexible. The I parts which are mounted .on the posts may swing freely from theconvex ends of the handle, the apertures 13 in tho-ends of the arms 11 which receivethe wristepins- 10 being of amplesize as compared with the diame ters of said pins to permit said arms to swing outwardly sothat the clamping-members 12 PHIL DELPHI actured are 4 by use of the handle, the clamping-members 12 will automatically grip the posts for the reason that the upward movement of the pair of arms pivotally mounted on said han- WM. F.

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handle will cause the stresses to be directed at an inclination approximately of forty five degrees to the axes of the posts 6, which cause the walls of the apertures 14: to grip the opposed sides of the posts.

When replacing the battery the clampingmembers 12 will become automatically released from the posts as soon as the handle is lowered or moved downwardly toward the surface of the battery.

Since the clampin -members 12 are of attenuated form the e ges of the apertures 14 will readily grip the sides of the cylindrical posts.

It will be noted that the clamping-members 12 project outwardly from each other and this feature facilitates the operation'o gripping the posts when elevating the handle, and facilitates release of the gripping-members when the handle is lowered.

While the device has been shown and described as a battery lifter it may, of course, be used for lifting many other articles having upwardly pro ecting prongs or posts, and while a specific construction has been shown for the mounting of the arms 11 upon the ends of the handle 8, any flexible connection of these parts may be employed which will permit swinging movements of .the arms either longitudinally or transversely of the handle, and on this account together with the fact that the holderlates 12 are inclined to both the longitudina and transverse axes of pairof arms pivotally mounted in the endsof the handle, each arm having an apertured gripping plate extending at approximately right angles therefrom and having an inclination oblique to the longitudinal axis of said I arm.

2. A battery lifter comprisin a handle, a

pair of arms pivotally mounte on the handle, each arm having an apertured grippin late extending transversely therefrom an aving an inclination oblique to the longitudinal axis of said arm.

3. A battery lifter comprising a handle, a

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